Sondhni Incomplete Pillar Inscription of Yaśodharman

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⟨1⟩ vepante yasya (bh)ī(ma-stanita-bha)[ya-sa](mudbh)[r](ā)nta-(d)ai(t)y[ā di](gan)[tāḥ][śr̥ṅgāghātaiḥ sumero](r v)[v](i)[ghaṭi][ta-dr̥ṣadaḥ kandarā yaḥ karoti|][Ukṣāṇaṁ taṁ dadhānaḥ kṣitidhara-tanayā-da](tta-pañc)āṅgulāṅkaṁdrāghiṣṭhaḥ śūlapāṇeḥ kṣapayatu bhavatāṁ śattru-tejā¿?si ketuḥ||⟨2⟩ [āvirbhūtāvalepair avinaya-paṭubhir llaṅghitācāra-mārggair][mmohād aidaṁyugīnair apaśubha-ratibhiḥ pīḍyamānā narendraiḥ|][yasya kṣmā śārṅgapāṇer iva kaṭhina-dhanur-]jy[ā]-ki(ṇā)ṅka-prakoṣṭhaṁbāhuṁ lokopakāra-vrata-saphala-(pari)spanda-dhīraṁ prapannā||⟨3⟩ [nindyācāreṣu yo smin vinaya-muṣi yuge kalpanā-māttra-vr̥ttyā][rājasv anyeṣu pāṅsuṣv iva kusuma-balir nnābabhāse prayuktaḥ|][sa śreyo-dhāmni samrāḍ iti manu-bharatā](la)rkka-māndhātr̥-kalpekalyāṇe hemni bhāsvān maṇir iva sutarāṁ bhrājate yattra śa(bdaḥ||)⟨4⟩ [ye bhuktā gupta-nāthair nna sakala vasudhākkrānti-dr̥ṣṭa-pratāpair][nājñā hūṇādhipānāṁ kṣitipati-mukuṭāddhyāsinī yān praviṣṭā|][deśāṁs tān dhanva-śaila-druma-gahana-sarid-vī](ra-bā)hūpagūḍhānvīryāvaskanna-rājñaḥ sva-gr̥ha-parisarāvajñayā yo bhunakti⟨5⟩ [ā lauhityopakaṇṭhāt tala-vana-gahanopatyakād ā mahendrād][ā gaṅgāśliṣṭa-sānos tuhina-śikhariṇaḫ paścimād ā payodheḥ|][sāmantair yasya bāhu-draviṇa-hr̥ta-madaiḥ] (p)ādayor ānamadbhiścūḍā-ratnā¿?śu-rāji-vyatikara-śabalā bhūmi-bhāgāḥ kriyante||⟨6⟩ [sthāṇor anyattra yena praṇati-kr̥paṇatāṁ prāpitāṁ nottamāṅgaṁ][yasyāśliṣṭo bhujābhyāṁ vahati himagirir durgga-śabdābhimānaM|][nīcais tenāpi yasya praṇati-bhuja-balāvarj](ja)na-kliṣṭa-mūrddhnācūḍā-puṣpopahārair mmihirakula-nr̥peṇārccitaṁ pāda-yugma(ṁ||)⟨7⟩ [dhā?][mevonmātum ūrddhvaṁ vigaṇayitum iva jyotiṣāṁ cakkravālaṁ][nirddeṣṭuṁ mārggam uccair ddiva Iva sukr̥topārjjitāyāḥ sva-kīrtteḥ|][tenākalpānta-kālāvadhir avanibhujā śrī-](ya)śodharmmaṇāyaṁstambhaḥ stambhābhirāma-sthira-bhuja-parigheṇocchritiṁ nāyito ttra(||)⟨8⟩ [ślāghye janmāsya va¿?śe caritam agha-haraṁ dr̥śyate kāntam asmin][dharmmasyāyaṁ niketaś calati niyamitaṁ nāmunā loka-vr̥ttaṁ|][Ity utkarṣaṁ guṇānāṁ likhitum iva yaśodha]rmmaṇaś candra-bimberāgād utkṣipta Uccair bhuja Iva rucimān yaḥ pr̥thivyā vibhāti||⟨9⟩ [Iti tuṣṭūṣayā tasya][nr̥pateḥ puṇya-karmmaṇaḥ|][vāsulenoparacitāḥ][ślokāḥ ka]kkasya sūnunā||Utkīrṇṇā govindena||

Bibliography

First reported and edited in Fleet 1886. Re-published in Fleet 1888. Summarised in Trivedi & Trivedi 2001, p. 28 (No. 16). See also references for INSSiddham00094; this secondary copy is generally not discussed separately.

Originally encoded for Siddham in the project Beyond Boundaries (Grant Agreement No. 609823) by Dániel Balogh (2019, № IN00095). Encoding updated to DHARMA conventions by Dániel Balogh.

Secondary

Fleet, John Faithfull. 1888. Inscriptions of the early Gupta kings and their successors. First edition. Vol. 3. Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum. Calcutta: Superintendent of Government Printing. Item 34.